When the Poster Got Wet- 適合初級的英語短篇故事

Warm light spread over the wooden pier beside the lake. Ben carried a tiny boat made from orange juice cartons. He aimed to send the boat sliding past the reeds. He placed the boat on water and watched it drift forward. A sudden breeze pushed the light craft further than his stick reached. Careful steps took him along the pier, but the distance grew.

Tori arrived, carrying her school bag and a rolled science poster. The poster showed the colorful human nervous system for tonight’s homework. She noticed the drifting boat and joined Ben without any words. Together they marched along the narrow bank toward a bending tree. Tori grabbed a fallen branch; Ben guided it under the boat. The branch lifted, tipping water high with a sharp splash. The wave sprayed across the pier and soaked the poster tube. Paper slid out, unrolling over the planks like a pale map. Ben caught one corner; Tori held the other and shook droplets away. Wind eased, and the small boat now floated within easy reach. Ben lifted it, water shining on the carton walls. Water kept dropping from the paper edge.

溫暖的陽光灑在湖邊的木棧橋上。班帶著一艘用柳橙汁紙盒做成的小船。他想讓小船滑過蘆葦。班把小船放到水面上，看著它向前漂去。突然的微風把輕巧的小船推到棍子夠不到的地方。班小心地沿著棧橋走，但距離越來越遠。

托莉來了，手裡拿著書包和一張捲起的科學海報。那張海報畫著今晚作業要用的人體神經系統。她看見正在漂遠的小船，沒說話就加入班。兩人一起沿著狹窄的湖岸前行，走向一棵彎曲的樹。托莉撿起一根掉落的樹枝；班把樹枝伸到小船下方。樹枝抬起，水面高高濺起一道水花。那道水波衝到棧橋上，打濕了海報筒。紙張滑出，在木板上攤開，像一張淡色的地圖。班抓住一角；托莉抓住另一角，甩掉水滴。風變小，小船現在就在手邊。班把船拿起來，紙盒牆面上閃著水光。水滴繼續從海報邊緣落下。